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Texas History - Unit 5 - Review Game 1
Test Description: Early Statehood
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following was president of the Convention of 1845?
A
Jose Antonio Navarro
B
Thomas J. Rusk
C
John Tyler
D
Hardin Runnels
2) Which of the following was a popular governor first elected in 1853, who was a leader in education and helped eliminate state debt?
A
Jane McManus Cazneau
B
Adrian Woll
C
Elisha M. Pease
D
James K. Polk
3) Which of the following was a U.S. president who was strongly favored?
A
James Pinckney Henderson
B
James K. Polk
C
John Tyler
D
Hugh McLeod
4) Which of the following is the belief that the United States was meant to spread across North America?
A
biennial
B
joint resolution
C
offensive
D
manifest destiny
5) Which of the following was a writer whose articles helped turn northern opinion in favor of annexation?
A
Jane McManus Cazneau
B
John Coffee Hays
C
Jose Antonio Navarro
D
Adrian Woll
6) Which of the following terms means occurring every two years?
A
semiannual
B
biannual
C
biennial
D
triennial
7) Which of the following was the first governor of the state of Texas?
A
Hugh McLeod
B
James Pinckney Henderson
C
John Tyler
D
Hardin Runnels
8) Which of the following was a candidate who defeated Sam Houston for governor in the only election Houston ever lost?
A
Robert S. Neighbors
B
Adrian Woll
C
Hardin Runnels
D
Nicholas Trist
9) Which of the following was US president who asked Congress in 1845 for a joint resolution in favor of annexing Texas?
A
William H. Wharton
B
Santa Anna
C
John Tyler
D
Zachary Taylor
10) Which of the following was the only native Texan in the Convention of 1845?
A
Adrian Woll
B
Santa Anna
C
Jose Antonio Navarro
D
Haden Edwards
11) In the United States, the fight over Texas annexation hinged on the issue of slavery.
A
true
B
false
12) In the United States, neither northerners nor southerners were eager to annex Texas.
A
false
B
true
13) Both annexation and manifest destiny were major issues in the U.S. election of 1844.
A
false
B
true
14) A joint resolution required a two-thirds majority in the Senate.
A
true
B
false
15) The Convention of 1845 quickly approved annexation.
A
false
B
true
16) The Constitution of Texas did not allow the creation of banks.
A
true
B
false
17) In the Compromise of 1850, Texas gave up claims to millions of acres of land in what are now five other states in exchange for money to reduce its debts.
A
true
B
false
18) By 1898 there were no unclaimed public lands left in Texas.
A
false
B
true
19) Under the Texas constitution of 1845, the legislature was to meet every two years.
A
false
B
true
20) Texans approved the new constitution in a close vote in October 1845.
A
true
B
false
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